Critics may have found the 22nd James Bond caper, Quantum of Solace, "grim and downcast" (The New York Times), but audiences didn't seem to mind, turning out in sufficient numbers for Quantum to set a new 007 opening-weekend record of more than $70.4 million (domestic). But never mind the movie - true Bond-philes know the most important action happens before the suave superspy ever appears onscreen: the trademark opening montages that usually suggest both softcore porn and postmodern dance,
